El viaje de Karina

A. Listen to Karina talking about her holiday and answer the following questions:

1. Who did Karina go on holiday with?

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2. Where did she go?

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3. When did she go?

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4. How long did she stay there?

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5. What did she like most? Why?

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6. What date does she mention and why is it important to her?

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7. What did she like least? Why?

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8. What did she think of Cuba overall?

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9. Why did she decide to go on this trip?

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10. Who would like to return there again?

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B. Research task: Mexican Independence Day

The Mexican Tourist Board has

commissioned you as a copywriter to
produce a leaflet about Mexican
Independence Day which will attract
English tourists to the country.

You will need to research this national day

and then produce an attractive leaflet
which explains the event clearly. It must be written in your own words (copyright
restrictions on publications do not allow you to copy and paste from the internet)!

Answering the research questions below will help you to write clearly for your target
audience. Tick off each question as you include it in your leaflet, adding relevant images.

Research questions Tick here

When is Mexico’s Independence Day celebrated (the events run over two
days)?

How did Mexico first gain independence and from whom? How long did this
struggle take?

Who was Father Hidalgo and what was his role in winning independence?

What sort of events take place to mark the occasion on each of the days?

What are the slogans or ‘Grito de Delores’ and what is their origin?

What do the colours of the Mexican flag represent?

What makes this event interesting for visiting tourists?

Is there anything else you would want to know if you were going to visit?

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C. Verb grids

Conjugate the `I´ and `we´ form of the regular verbs in the first table below. Some of them are already completed for you, so just follow
the pattern!

Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional

Visitar Yo visito Yo visitaría

Nosotros visitamos Nosotros visitaríamos

Pasar Yo pasaba Yo pasaré

Nosotros pasábamos Nosotros pasaremos

Gustar A mí me gusto
A nosotros nos gustó

Now complete the table below with the ‘I’ and ‘we’ forms of each irregular verb.

Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional

Ir

Tener

Ser

Saber

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Teaching notes
Starter

Launch the interactive Matching starter by going to www.teachitlanguages.co.uk and

entering the resource number 22339 into the quick search box. Then click on the yellow
star icon and select the first activity. This will introduce key vocabulary for the listening
task which could be left onscreen to support lower-ability groups whilst listening.

Task A: Listening comprehension

Answers:
1. Who did Karina go on holiday with?
Her cousins.
2. Where did she go?
Cuba.
3. When did she go?
A year ago.
4. How long did she stay there?
Five days.
5. What did she like most? Why?
Varadero / the beach, because she thinks it is the most beautiful beach she´s
ever seen.
6. What date does she mention and why is it important to her?
15th September – Mexico´s Independence Day (NB: 15th September is in fact the
eve of Mexico´s Independence Day but is also celebrated). Karina is from Mexico.
7. What did she like least? Why?
Havana´s Capitolio (the National Capitol Building), because it was closed.
8. What did she think of Cuba as a whole?
Interesting and cultural with beautiful beaches.
9. Why did she decide to go on this trip?
To celebrate her 18th birthday.
10. Who would like to return there again?
Karina and all her cousins!

Task B: Research task

Students will need access to the internet in order to research Mexico’s Independence Day
and this could make a good homework task. A useful website to check student work is:
http://www.presidiolabahia.org/mex_ind.htm

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Task C: Verb grids

Answers:

Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional

Visitar Yo visito Yo visitaba Yo visité Yo visitaré Yo visitaría

Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros

visitamos visitábamos visitamos visitaremos visitaríamos

Pasar Yo paso Yo pasaba Yo pasé Yo pasaré Yo pasaría

Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros

pasamos pasábamos pasamos pasaremos pasaríamos

Gustar Me gusta Me gustaba A mí me Me gustará Me gustaría

gustó
Nos gusta Nos gustaba Nos gustará Nos gustaría
A nosotros
nos gustó

Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional

Ir Yo voy Yo iba Yo fui Yo iré Yo iría

Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros
fuimos ibamos fuimos iremos iríamos

Tener Yo tengo Yo tenía Yo tuve Yo tendré Yo tendría

Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros
tenemos teníamos tuvimos tendremos tendríamos

Saber Yo sé Yo sabía Yo supe Yo sabré Yo sabría

Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros
sabemos supimos supimos sabremos sabríamos

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Mini-plenary

Having completed the listening activity you could use the interactive Choptalk activity as a
mini-plenary. Launch this in the same way as the starter interactive above. This Choptalk
task is an extract from the start of the listening transcript which students can drag into the
correct order. If additional support is needed with this, the relevant section of the audio
recording could be played again at this point.

Choptalk answer:
Me llamo Karina, tengo diecinueve años y les voy a platicar un poco de unas vacaciones
que tuve con mis primos. Hace un año fuimos a Cuba y pasamos allí cinco días. Fuimos
a Varadero y La Habana pero la parte que más me gustó de Cuba fue Varadero, que es
básicamente la playa más bonita que yo he visitado.

Transcript

Me llamo Karina, tengo diecinueve años y les voy a platicar un poco de unas
vacaciones que tuve con mis primos.

Hace un año fuimos a Cuba y pasamos allí cinco días. Fuimos a Varadero y La
Habana pero la parte que más me gustó de Cuba fue Varadero, que es
básicamente la playa más bonita que yo he visitado, creo, y pasamos el 15 de
septiembre allí, que es una fecha importante para México, donde vivo, porque es el
día de la independencia de México.

En La Habana visitamos el Capitolio, pero fue algo feo para mí porque estaba
cerrado y no pudimos entrar. La verdad, me gustaría volver a ir a Cuba porque se
me hizo un país muy interesante. Creo que tiene mucha cultura y las playas están
hermosas. La verdad, cuando fuimos para allá, bueno, yo decidí ir para allá
porque fue como mi regalo de cumpleaños, de 18 años, y mis primos me
preguntaban que por qué allá y yo no sabía por qué decirles, pero cuando
estábamos allá descubrí por qué. No sé, está como que todo es hermoso y lo
disfrutamos mucho y todos queremos ir otra vez allá.

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